Bryony Widdup
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Bryony is a finance and fintech lawyer, with over 15 years' experience advising on fundraising solutions in the financial services sector.
Known for her dedication to clients, Bryony is skilled in transaction structuring, in finance for funds, broader lending platforms (including blockchain-based offerings) and digital assets including token structuring and issuance. She is passionate about sustainable finance and investment solutions, including green, social and sustainability-linked instruments, transition finance and impact investing.
A core team member of Hogan Lovells’ Digital Assets and Blockchain practice, Bryony also supports clients in using novel structures, involving digital assets, to take advantage of the multiple efficiencies and flexibilities available.
Combining her experience and passion in both areas, Bryony has a strong focus on the integration of ESG with digital assets, including in climate and broader sustainability related projects and the scaled impact investing space.
Representative experience
Advised Tesseract, who provide direct access through tokenization to ownership and delivery of energy from renewables and clean energy sources, on its early stage advanced subscription fundraising*
Advised Block Finance and affiliate e-Money A/S on structuring and offering of its fiat-backed exchange token and associated reward token for deployment in the Cosmos ecosystem.*
Advised a European sponsor on the development of its tech based wealth management offering, including coordinating regulatory advice regarding digital assets aspects of the platform and solutions*
Advised Hayfin Capital Management LLP, a leading international credit platform, on its ongoing fund finance matters for multiple structures, including capital call, hybrid and other financings.*
Advised a real estate special situations fund in relation to its whole fund asset backed facility, including on complex multi-jurisdiction security, investment portfolio restructuring and amendments*
Advised Prescient Capital, on its flexible technology-based debt and equity investment platform, fundraising activities and portfolio matters and ongoing transactional advice*
Advised a leading European infrastructure fund manager on its conversion to sustainability-linked fund financing arrangements*
Advised a leading Japanese bank on its structured investment into a European real estate alternative investment fund manager’s commercial property portfolio*
Advised Camco Clean Energy on flexible investment structuring and financing matters for the Renewable Energy Performance Platform, connecting one million to clean energy in sub-Saharan Africa*
Advised Kyma Capital, a special situations investment fund manager, on an ongoing basis in relation to multiple aspects of its fund offering, advisory and investment arrangements.*
Advised HICL Infrastructure PLC on facilities including innovative letter of credit and sustainability-linked arrangements, supporting existing and future infrastructure projects and investments*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
- Bachelor of Laws, University College London, LLB (Hons) Bachelor of Laws, 2004
- Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, LPC, 2004
- M.A. (Hons), Legal and Political Theory, University College London, MA (Hons), 2002
- Politics, Philosophy and Economics, St Hughs College University of Oxford, BA (Hons) PPE, 2001
- Solicitor, England and Wales